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| Date: | 1834 |
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| Description: | Reproduction of an oil painting of Fort Winnebago, which was built in 1827 by Major William Whistler and a detachment of the First Infantry. Caption reads:... |
| Date: | 1831 |
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| Description: | Drawing of Fort Winnebago (near present-day Portage) that illustrated "Wau-Bun," Juliette Kinzie's memoir of her experiences on the early Wisconsin fronti... |
| Date: | 09 22 1962 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of trees and pool of water near the Wisconsin River in Pauquette Park. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Purdy house, Portage, Wisconsin. A stone wall runs along the sidewalk, topped with an iron fence. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Purdy house. View from street towards the house, with a stone wall along the sidewalk. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Pierre Pauquette monument located at the easterm terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoluti... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox... |
| Date: | 1831 |
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| Description: | Fort Winnebago, a print published in Mrs. John H. Kinzie's Wau-bun (1856). |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the Portage Canal, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A view of the canal locks on the Fox River. The Indian Agency House is in the background on a hill. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | "After painting a number of Fox River scenes, "the artists continued their way to Fond du Lac, at the south end of Lake Winnebago, where they found some mo... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Migrant farm laborers leaving a cucumber field to strike. Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the local farm-worker labor union, Obreros Unidos, an inde... |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | This map shows the land claim owned by the Portage Canal Company and includes an index of landownership and landmarks. The Wisconsin and Portage River, the... |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | This map is pencil on tracing paper and shows marshes, the Wisconsin River, Indian trails, and Indian boundary line. The upper left corner reads: "Let sect... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | This map shows landownership, lot and block numbers, streets, a canal, bridges, Fort Winnebago, the Wisconsin River, and the Fox River. Relief is shown by ... |
| Date: | 07 1966 |
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| Description: | View across canal towards the back of the Portage Hosiery. Reeds and trees are along the edge of the canal. Red and pink colored liquid is floating on the ... |
| Date: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | View from hill towards cars driving over a bridge spanning the Wisconsin River (I90/I94/I39). |
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